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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 17:14:44 No.51096669 View Reply Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51096696 >>51096848 >>51096863 >>51097148 >>51097152 >>51097923 >>51098312 >>51098395 >>51098471 >>51098503 >>51098904

Okay /g/, maybe I am dumb, but why doesn't it work?
I just connected my external HDD with an USB adapter...

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 17:16:19 No.51096695 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51096894

not enough juice in usb to drive a 3.5inch hdd

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 17:16:21 No.51096696 Report Delete

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>>51096669
>>/g/sqt
You need a powered one for larger hard drives.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 17:17:10 No.51096707 Report Delete

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Can you feel it spinning? If not its not getting power, which would be the hd, cable or whatever you plugging it into not giving it enough power.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 17:25:15 No.51096834 Report Delete

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 17:27:01 No.51096848 Report Delete

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>>51096669
I had one of those things that needed an entirely different power brick for it. so probably not enough power

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 17:28:30 No.51096863 Report Delete

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>>51096669
Needs juice bra. Run a cable from your power supply to it if your USB leaves the power pegs open like most sata connectors do.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 17:30:38 No.51096894 Report Delete

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>>51096695
>>51096863
OP here, I poured some juice on it but nothing is happening.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 17:33:20 No.51096930 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51097337

first hand experience
usb to sata adapters only work with the laptop sized hard drives.
you are going to need this

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 17:48:32 No.51097148 Report Delete

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>>51096669
USB doesn't carry +12V so only the logic board is powered up, but the motor will not spin since it is not supplied with any voltage.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 17:49:03 No.51097152 Report Delete

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>>51096669
>/g/ is not your personal tech support team

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 17:56:30 No.51097272 Report Delete

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add juice

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 18:02:04 No.51097337 Report Delete

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>>51096930
That looks great compared to these bulky solutions.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 18:34:06 No.51097754 Report Delete

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>>51097337
Those work better, but the power brick ALWAYS shits out after about a year

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 18:46:14 No.51097923 Report Delete

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>>51096669
>>51096894
>tries to troll
>gets legitimate advice

I like this place

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 18:49:37 No.51097978 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51098495 >>51098556

I would suggest using a dock if you're going to use HDD externally like this more often.

Offers some stability to the port and all that - kinda worth the $10 extra.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:09:54 No.51098312 Report Delete

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>>51096669
3.5" hard drives need 12v, which USB doesn't provide.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:15:06 No.51098395 Report Delete

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>>51096669
you need to plug in the hdd turn it on with your adapter
then after it is fully on, you need to then plug the usb into the PC

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:19:58 No.51098471 Report Delete

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>>51096669
You can only directly connect 2.5" drives because they require much less power

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:21:28 No.51098495 Report Delete

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>>51097978
Not useful if you want some legacy support for IDE drives

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:22:06 No.51098503 Report Delete

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>>51096669
this is what you want

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:27:20 No.51098556 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51098664

>>51097978
>>51098503

Is this more dangerous for the drive than a normal enclosure like pic related?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:36:55 No.51098664 Report Delete

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>>51098556
No. A drive's top cover is hard - the lid does nothing apart from keeping dust out. But that is just a cosmetic concern. Lots of internal actively cooled (fan pointing at them) drives are currently dusted over, but drives are pretty much dustproof.

The underside and ports are what need some protection, and it's generally good to not have the drive and cables slide around.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:47:29 No.51098811 Report Delete

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There is also pic related in case you have a desktop PC.

>>51098503
Broke two vertical docks so far - happens when you don't have them in a nice spot but on top of your desktop's case and under a desk.

Fortunately, in neither case did the HDD get damaged, just the dock.

Well, this is clearly an avoidable issue - but the horizontal docks are more stable.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 19:53:45 No.51098904 Report Delete

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>>51096669
it's inside out

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:20:22 No.51099355 Report Delete

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You can also get a eSATAp adapter card and an eSATAp cable. With that you can run 3,5" HDDs externally. I've integrated an eSATAp port in the front of my chassis, it works great!

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 20:22:46 No.51099392 Report Delete

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>>51097754
I thought mine had died, bought another one, same symptoms. Turns out the power plug is just really shitty and only works if you bend it a bit

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